Johannes de Silentio

Baptizatus sum.
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[My Friend Don @TheDonStein]

Baptism is Gospel, not Law.
Baptism is gift, not obedience.
Baptism is of God, not of man.

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

@Andrewnsnyder Emo Eustace would fully deserve his name.

[Thomas_Aquinas @ThomAquinas77]

@darwintojesus Few materialists seem to understand the basic principles of their philosophy.

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

@bendellwerry

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

"You can prove anything you want by coldly logical reason — if you pick the proper postulates...
That’s where everything falls down. Postulates are based on assumption and adhered to by faith.
Nothing in the Universe can shake them."

[𝕮𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖇 𝕯𝖎𝖝𝖔𝖓 𝕾𝖒𝖎𝖙𝖍 @CalebDixonSmith]

Christianity cannot be proved. It can be defended from objections and identified as the most compelling explanation of the world we see, but accepting Christ always relies on faith going beyond what is directly perceived or demonstrated.

[Anti-War Christian @NoWarChristian]

Reading the Bible rn, I can’t believe they killed the best character.

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

@CalebDixonSmith eg., the former: "it is a matter of debate...whether or not church leaders’ authority is derived from the congregation or directly from Christ."
https://t.co/9FsI6EUbUc

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

@CalebDixonSmith Unless the disobedience is natural to the form. Some congregationalism is by nature disobedient by denying the validity and true source of ecclessial authority.

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

Convinced @grok that God exists (via the Ontological argument). I like how it put it: " the ontological argument isn’t about forcing a fantasy into being; it’s about recognizing what can’t not be."
https://t.co/VfSJj6HoSB

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

@mrdavidrowe 5:18 mark.
https://t.co/ufEcYzZPWY

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

@mrdavidrowe Doubly so when you realize most of the stunts were real. eg. They just shot people with arrows and extra padding.

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

@JoshuaTorrey I'm a couple hours NE. Near the NY border.

[𝕮𝖆𝖑𝖊𝖇 𝕯𝖎𝖝𝖔𝖓 𝕾𝖒𝖎𝖙𝖍 @CalebDixonSmith]

The duties of a Christian and the jobs of the Church are not, in fact, the same thing.

[Andrew Snyder @Andrewnsnyder]

"The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave, and not the slave of a single man, but – what is far worse – the slave of as many masters as he has vices."

- Augustine, City of God

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

Easy.
Is it in the psalter?

[Joe Holland @JoeHolland]

Pastor, I really don’t like that song we sang this morning.

🤡 - I’m so sorry, we choose songs based on…

🥷 - Interesting. Tell me about how you choose songs when you lead your family in family worship.

[Alexander Boldizar @Boldizar]

Very grateful to be on Locus Magazine's Best Science Fiction Books of 2024 list—and the only Canadian on the shortlist for the 2025 Locus Award!

Canadian SF fans, can you help me bring this home? Thank youVery grateful to be on Locus Magazine's Best Science Fiction Books of 2024 list—and the only Canadian on the shortlist for the 2025 Locus Award!

Canadian SF fans, can you help me bring this home? Thank you!

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

@PerfInjust Rampant individualism, and dilution of church office, up to and including holding laypeople responsible for the entirety of the great commission contributes to this: the church needs to "equip", en masse, to the lowest common denominator. Resulting in a simplified apologetic.

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

This is a good empirical assessment of what units of measurement are most practical, not just aligned with your specified system.

[Made In Canada @MadelnCanada]

Americans: I use miles and pounds

Europeans: I use kilometres and kilograms

Canadians: [snorting a line of assorted measuring systems] I'm 5'8, I weigh 150lbs, horses weigh 1000kgs, my house is an hour away and I drive 80 km/h to get there, I need a cup of flour and 1L of milk

[Johannes de Silentio @JohnTheReformed]

@redeemed_zoomer J.I. Packer pretty much says that too. And he's pretty Reformed/Anglican.